Deployment: a plea/opportunity

[J. Landman Gay]

On 10/13/23 12:46 PM, Richard Gaskin via use-livecode wrote:
> If pro devs with decades of experience struggle with this, newcomers will run screaming.

I agree. But as a "pro" dev I'm embarrassed to admit that the problem I was having was of my 
own doing. Matthias' Helper tool is invaluable and I couldn't understand why it always worked 
before but didn't now. He took a look and found the problem. Actually, I had two problems, none 
of which LC could have solved.

Problem 1: I was using a certificate for the wrong app. I wish I'd known what "no identity 
found" meant. I could have fixed it.

Problem 2: (Stupid, stupid, stupid) I uploaded my app to Google Drive for download and forgot 
to zip it. Matthias found that it was corrupted when he tried to help (bless you, Matthias.) I 
have known forever that uncompressed files don't travel well but we had customers running 
Sonoma who were flooding the tech queue, and in the rush to get the thing out I forgot. And 
since I could run the original build on my own Mac, I couldn't figure out why no one else could 
open it.

That said, it would be great if LC could create an .ipa for iOS and provide 
notarization/stapling services for Mac apps. It's a start. But honestly, that would only be of 
marginal help. The certificates, profiles, keystores, etc. can only be created by the 
developer, and that's mostly where the headaches begin.

I used to be an enthusiastic Apple advocate but now I'm not so sure. Once you've seen the 
developer side your perceptions change. Google is only marginally easier these days too. I 
understand the security reasons for all the hassle, but that doesn't help when you're in the 
middle of it.

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Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com